CVE-2003-0378 — The Kerberos login authentication feature in Mac OS X, when used with an LDAPv3 server and LDAP bind authentication, may send cleartext passwords to the LDAP server when the AuthenticationAuthority attribute is not set

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HIGH

The Kerberos login authentication feature in Mac OS X, when used with an LDAPv3 server and LDAP bind authentication, may send cleartext passwords to the LDAP server when the AuthenticationAuthority attribute is not set

Published Jun 6, 2003

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.43%

Description

The Kerberos login authentication feature in Mac OS X, when used with an LDAPv3 server and LDAP bind authentication, may send cleartext passwords to the LDAP server when the AuthenticationAuthority attribute is not set.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.43% 0.01433

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01433

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.43% (0.01433)	72.11th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.43% (0.01433)	69.51th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.35% (0.00348)	55.11th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.14% (0.00141)	51.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 15, 2023	0.14% (0.00141)	49.68th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.21% (0.00210)	57.12th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107579
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/467828
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

Link	Providers	Tags
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107579		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/467828		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 6, 2003

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Jun 5, 2003

Link CVE-2003-0378

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2003-0378

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2003-0378